pakavs
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Latvian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- (dialectal form) pakava
Etymology[edit]
Traditionally considered a borrowing from Russian подко́ва (podkóva), first mentioned (as pakava in 17th-century dictionaries. It is also possible, however, that the word may have been a recent native derivation, from the verb kaut, past tense kavu, in the sense “to hit, to beat,” occasionally used (instead of kalt) in folk songs to mean “to shoe (a horse).”[1]
Noun[edit]
pakavs m (1st declension)
- horseshoe (U-shaped metal object used to protect a horse's hooves)
- pakavu naglas ― horseshoe nails
- laimes pakavs ― lucky horseshoe
- piesist pakavu ― to nail a horseshoe on
- apkalt zirgu ar jauniem pakavirem ― to shoe a horse with new horseshoes
Declension[edit]
Declension of pakavs (1st declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | pakavs | pakavi |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | pakavu | pakavus |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | pakava | pakavu |
| dative (datīvs) | pakavam | pakaviem |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | pakavu | pakaviem |
| locative (lokatīvs) | pakavā | pakavos |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | pakav | pakavi |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “pakavs”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN